Personal Injury Claims in Moray

According to comScore, 50% of all online searches will be conducted by voice by 2020.

40% of adults already use voice search at least once per day (according to Location World).

Sound (sorry) advice for websites wanting to optimise for voice search – which is good advice about how to write website content, generally – is to ensure that your content has an approachable tone.

Part of setting the right tone means avoiding the use of unnecessary jargon.

Unfortunately, jargon is difficult to avoid when you are writing about the law. And the two major changes we are going to highlight in this article are both heavy on mumbo jumbo.

In its abbreviated version, one of the bits of terminology sounds like the noise a bird might make – or like a sub-atomic particle.

The two significant developments for Scottish personal injury claims which we are going to discuss are:

• The introduction of qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS – pronounced “quawks”), and
• The introduction of damages-based agreements (DBAs)

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The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has launched a guide to personal injury compensation in the form of a colourful 24-page eBooklet – entitled “Compensation Explained”.

It is intended to explain the purpose and method of calculation of compensation, as well as its value to society.

It’s easy to overlook the harsh realities for someone who needs help after an injury.

After all, none of us plans to be injured and, fortunately, few of us will end up in that situation.

However, as we all like to think that we live in a modern, caring society, APIL argues that it is reasonable to expect that someone who is injured as the result of another’s failure to take proper care:

• should not have to suffer any further, and
• should not lose out financially as a consequence of their injuries.

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What are the financial aspects of instructing a solicitor in relation to a personal injury claim?

When it comes down to it, personal injury claims are about money. That may not be the most important thing to you but it is the way the law looks at these claims.

Accordingly, your solicitor’s main aim is to maximise the amount of financial compensation you will receive.

In practice, there are two aspects to the amount of compensation you receive.

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When the clocks have gone back and the nights are fair drawing in, riding a bicycle involves greater risk than it does during the long daylight hours of Summer.

Even so, there are many things you can do to maximise your safety when out on your bike.

Some people insist that high visibility jackets and cycle helmets are essential clothing for cyclists. On the other hand, there are those who maintain that such alleged safety measures make little or no difference to your risk of injury.

What does the law require by way of bicycle accident safety precautions? [Read more…]